Linux is struggling on the desktop because it only has a small number of "great" apps, according to the Gnome co-creator. Miguel de Icaza, co-creator of the Gnome desktop, told tech journalist Tim Anderson at the recent Windows 8 Build conference "When you count how many great desktop apps there are on Linux, you can probably name 10," de Icaza said, according to a post on Anderson's IT Writing blog. "You work really hard, you can probably name 20. We've managed to p*** off developers every step of the way, breaking APIs all the time."

Not all of us like the bloated POS that is Itunes with each update managing to find new ways to add more UI clutter. Oh, has Itunes managed to add custom library naming yet? I'd really like to have my Itunes media library organized on the drive in a more rational way. For example, my music in;

<libarary root>/<album>/<album> <track#> <artist> <tracktitle>.ext

Far as I can tell, Itunes does all it can to mash the actual file structure in the library to avoid things like using an alternative media player/manager to access the same libarary tree.

But damn is Itunes ever good at encrougating it's users to funnel more money back into Apple's profit margin. I guess it does achieve it's primary function better than any media related app on a Linux distro.